Month: January 2012

Many herbs and foods in Chinese Medicine have very specific healing effects on the body. In fact a large part of the medicines used in Western medicine were originally derived or inspired from these healing natural substances. Some of them have very specific effects that are noticeable almost immediately when consumed. For example, pepper will have a strong effect of […]

Why Ginger? Ginger has many healing properties. One traditional remedy for the use of ginger is the ginger compress. The warming properties of ginger are harnessed in this technique in order to bring heat and improve circulation to various parts of the body. This remedy was used to treat symptoms in the body that are made worse with cold. For […]